Local Climate Change: 40.99 N, 102.25 W

Country:	United States
Latitude:	40.9885 N
Longitude:	102.2485 W
Nearby Cities:	Sterling

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Current Location	-	0.77 ± 0.26	0.94 ± 0.15	0.97 ± 0.15	1.97 ± 0.21	3.02 ± 0.56
Nebraska	-	0.82 ± 0.27	1.06 ± 0.17	0.87 ± 0.09	2.08 ± 0.18	3.55 ± 0.41
Colorado	-	0.61 ± 0.27	0.67 ± 0.16	0.99 ± 0.09	1.99 ± 0.20	2.72 ± 0.40
Contiguous United States	-	0.66 ± 0.25	0.76 ± 0.18	0.87 ± 0.08	2.16 ± 0.16	2.76 ± 0.36
United States	-	0.69 ± 0.24	0.80 ± 0.16	0.89 ± 0.08	2.36 ± 0.13	2.42 ± 0.39
North America	-	0.82 ± 0.23	1.02 ± 0.18	1.11 ± 0.11	2.90 ± 0.19	4.72 ± 0.28
Northern Hemisphere	-	0.79 ± 0.16	0.96 ± 0.10	1.19 ± 0.05	2.56 ± 0.20	3.56 ± 0.20
Global Land	0.43 ± 0.18	0.79 ± 0.13	0.91 ± 0.08	1.11 ± 0.03	2.16 ± 0.11	2.78 ± 0.13

Temperature Record Months and Years

Seasonal Changes

Regional Climate Variability

Difference from Global Land Average ( °C, 95% range )

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	± 3.51	± 1.15	± 0.50	± 0.34	± 0.23

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.42	0.67	0.88	0.93	0.96

Variability in Monthly Means ( °C, 95% range )

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 5.19	± 5.26	± 4.57	± 3.16	± 2.92	± 2.86
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 2.24	± 2.28	± 2.78	± 3.08	± 3.83	± 4.67

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range